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  • THE VANISHING MAN
    THE VANISHING MAN
    LAURA CUMMING
    WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Selected as a Book of the Year in the Herald In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a long-lost Velazquez, he bought t...
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  • THE WASTE LAND
    THE WASTE LAND
    MATTHEW HOLLIS
    A riveting account of the making of T. S. Eliot's celebrated poem The Waste Land, by a Costa award-winning biographer. ...
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  • THE SEVENTH SON
    THE SEVENTH SON
    SEBASTIAN FAULKS
    'Genuinely thought-provoking' THE TIMES 'Extraordinary' WILLIAM BOYD 'Faulks is an enviably graceful and economical writer' GUARDIAN A CHILD WILL BE BORN WHO WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING Tech billionaire Lukas Parn has an ambitious plan. Behind the doors of the IVF clinic in his London institute, a daring switch is made. Young academic Talissa Adam believes she is simply carrying...
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  • THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY
    THIS STRANGE EVENTFUL HISTORY
    CLAIRE MESSUD
    June 1940. As Paris falls to the Germans, Gaston Cassar - honorable servant of France, devoted husband and father, currently posted as naval attache in Salonica - bids farewell to his beloved wife, aunt and children, placing his faith in God that they will be reunited after the war. But escaping the violence of that cataclysm is not the same as emerging unscathed. The family wi...
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  • COLLIDE
    COLLIDE
    BAL KHABRA
    A TikTok sensation, get ready for your new obsession - meet Summer and Aiden.'Equal parts spicy and sweet . . . Khabra seamlessly weaves her whip-smart banter, captivating cast of characters and laugh-out-loud humour into an endearing, timeless love story' Peyton Corinne, author of Unsteady *When Summer Preston's professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an u...
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  • WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT
    WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT
    JUDITH KERR
    Now a major motion picture, and based on the author's gripping real-life story, this international bestseller is perfect for Holocaust Remembrance Month. Anna is not sure who Hitler is, but she sees his face on posters all over Berlin. Then one morning, Anna and her brother awake to find her father gone! Her mother explains that their father has had to leave and soon they will ...
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  • SINNER
    SINNER
    SIERRA SIMONE
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Sierra Simone comes her steamy, TikTok-famous Priest series, in which sinners and saints alike test the bonds of religion, love, and lust. He leads a life of sin, and she's committed to a life of virtue. Sean Bell is not a good man, and he's never pretended to be. He doesn't believe in goodness, God, or any happy endin...
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  • STRONG GROUND
    STRONG GROUND
    BRENÉ BROWN / RANDOM HOUSE GROUP
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown returns with an urgent call to reimagine the essentials of courageous leadership. In a time when uncertainty runs deep and bluster, hubris and even cruelty are increasingly framed as acceptable leadership, Brown delivers practical, actionable insights that illuminate the mindsets and skill sets essential to reclaiming focus and d...
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  • THE NIGHT ANGEL TRILOGY
    THE NIGHT ANGEL TRILOGY
    BRENT WEEKS
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  • MR. NOISY
    MR. NOISY
    ROGER HARGREAVES
    The bestselling children's books series for over 50 years! Mr Noisy was a very, very noisy person indeed. If Mr Noisy was reading this story to you, he'd be shouting it at the top of his voice. When Mr Noisy sneezes you can hear it in the next country... The Mr Men and Little Miss have been delighting children for generations with their charming and funny antics. Bold illustrat...
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  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
    A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME
    STEPHEN W. HAWKING
    In the ten years since its publication in 1988, Stephen Hawking's classic work has become a landmark volume in scientific writing, with more than nine million copies in forty languages sold worldwide. That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the origins and nature of the universe. But the intervening years have seen extraordinary advances in the technol...
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  • A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
    A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
    TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Arthur Miller. 'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers' Fading southern belle Blanch...
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  • MACBETH
    MACBETH
    SPARKNOTES / WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
    NOW IN COLOR! Read Macbeth in graphic-novel form--with NO FEAR! Based on the No Fear Shakespeare modern translations, this dynamic graphic novel--now with fully-colored illustrations--brings the time-old tale of greed and power to life. The illustrations are distinctively offbeat and sure to appeal to today's teens. The graphic novel also includes an illustrated cast of char...
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  • BIG BOOK OF CROSSWORDS BOOK 3
    BIG BOOK OF CROSSWORDS BOOK 3
    COLLINS / COLLINS PUZZLES
    A bumper collection of 300 quick crossword puzzles to test your word knowledge and have you reaching for the thesaurus. The puzzles are in a standard 13x13 grid size. How quickly can you solve these? You will find the solutions easily at the back of the book. Keep your mind sharp and improve your word power at the same time. Ideal for whiling away the time while travelling,...
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  • CONFLICT IN UKRAINE
    CONFLICT IN UKRAINE
    RAJAN MENON / EUGENE B. RUMER
    One of The New York Times' "6 Books to Read for Context on Ukraine""A short and insightful primer" to the crisis in Ukraine and its implications for both the Crimean Peninsula and Russia's relations with the West (New York Review of Books)The current conflict in Ukraine has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War. It has undermi...
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    21,90 €

  • ARCADIAN NIGHTS
    ARCADIAN NIGHTS
    JOHN SPURLING
    Gripping, spirited and sometimes grisly, Spurling's fresh interpretations of these timeless tales bring both their heroes and their context vividly to life, reanimating Apollo, Herakles, Theseus, Perseus and Agamemnon. ...
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  • THE DIVING-BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
    THE DIVING-BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
    JEAN-DOMINIQUE BAUBY
    One of the most remarkable memoirs ever written. The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable book about his experiences locked inside his body. A masterpiece and a bestseller in France. In December 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle and the father of two young ch...
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  • THE IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO FALL FOR YOUR ENEMY
    THE IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO FALL FOR YOUR ENEMY
    BRIGITTE KNIGHTLEY
    From a fanfiction sensation with over 2.9 million reads comes a debut a slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance set in an exquisite fantasy world, perfect for fans of The Love Hypothesis and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.[Bokinfo]. ...
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  • THE GOLDEN THRONE
    THE GOLDEN THRONE
    CHRISTOPHER DE BELLAIGUE
    'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire . . . History at its most gripping' Daily Telegraph on The Lion House A ground-breaking, present-tense reconstruction of the life and world of one of the most consequential figures in world history, Suleyman the Magnificent, from the author of The Lion House Chosen by The Times, Guardian and Financial Times as a 'Book to Look Out For' in 2025...
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  • ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART
    ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART
    STEPHANIE GARBER
    *This paperback edition features a gorgeous new cover design!* From the No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series, Once Upon a Broken Heart is the first book in the beloved series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR HAPPILY EVER AFTER? For as long as she can remember,...
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  • TELEPHONE
    TELEPHONE
    PERCIVAL EVERETT
    '[Percival Everett's] books always feel like an encounter with substantive, playful thinking . . . sad, affecting and marvelous' New York Times A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, Telephone is an astonishing story of love, loss and grief from Percival Everett, author of The Trees, Dr No and Erasure (now an Oscar-nominated film). Zach Wells is a perpetually dissatisf...
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  • THE RED PRINCE
    THE RED PRINCE
    HELEN CARR
    War, revolution and love - dazzling medieval history from a rising starA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY ‘The Red Prince announces Helen Carr as one of the most exciting new voices in narrative history.' Dan Jones Son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all ...
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  • MEDITATIONS
    MEDITATIONS
    MARCUS AURELIUS
    Chiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world's finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these titles feel extra special and will look striking on any shelf.Meditations, by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, is one of thedefin...
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  • THE CROWN 2
    THE CROWN 2
    ROBERT LACEY
    The fascinating royal and social history that inspired the second and third seasons of The Crown, from the show's historical consultant. ...
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  • GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW
    GODS OF JADE AND SHADOW
    SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA
    'This is historical fantasy at its best' S.A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass Inspired by Mexican folklore, Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical, wildly imaginative coming-of-age tale for fans of Katherine Arden, Naomi Novik and Helene Wecker. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but it's passing Casiopea Tun by. She's too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather's...
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  • CHERNOBYL PRAYER
    CHERNOBYL PRAYER
    SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH
    Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'Absolutely essential and heartbreaking reading. There's a reason Ms. Alexievich won a Nobel Prize' - Craig Mazin, creator of the HBO / Sky TV series Chernobyl- A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the revised text -In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation ...
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  • THE SUMMER WE CROSSED EUROPE IN THE RAIN
    THE SUMMER WE CROSSED EUROPE IN THE RAIN
    KAZUO ISHIGURO
    "Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We crossed Europe in the Rain collects the sixteen song lyrics he wrote for world-renowned American singer, Stacey Kent, which were set to music by her partner Jim Tomlinson. An exquisite coming together of the literary and musical worlds, the lyrics are infused with a sense of yearning, melancholy, love, and the romance of ...
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  • FLASHLIGHT
    FLASHLIGHT
    SUSAN CHOI
    **LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025** 'Ferociously smart and full of surprises' Eleanor Catton, author of Birnam Wood 'A rich generational saga that teems with intelligence' Financial Times The astonishing story of one family swept up in the tides of the twentieth century, ranging from post-war Japan to suburban America and the North Korean regime One evening, ten-year-o...
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  • HOME
    HOME
    SALMAN RUSHDIE
    Salman Rushdie, a self-described 'emigrant from one place and a newcomer in two', explores the true meaning of home. Writing with insight, passion and humour, he looks at what it means to belong, whether roots are real and homelands imaginary, what it is like to reconfigure your past from fragments of memory and what happens when East meets West. Selected from the books Shame,...
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  • MORE NOBLE THAN WAR
    MORE NOBLE THAN WAR
    NICHOLAS BLINCOE
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